Ambition Nutrition Symposium 2017

Jun 28, 2017
@ 08:00AM - 07:00PM
| George Brown College

George Brown College presents the 'Ambition Nutrition Symposium: Bridging the Gap between Nutritional Science and Culinary Arts'. The theme of this year’s Symposium is “Obesity: The 40 Year Experiment, why have dietary guidelines of the last 40 years failed to make Canadians healthier?” This symposium will focus on nutrition in theory and practice, as well as examining the gaps and opportunities that exist between research, education, nutrition, diet, and culinary arts.

On June 28th, join academic professionals, dietitians, culinary experts, and industry leaders for an interactive day filled with discussions, workshops and presentations.

Keynote speaker is internationally renowned Robert H. Lustig, M.D., M.S.L, Professor of Pediatrics at University of California, San Franscisco, Director of the Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health Program at UCSF, and author of Fat Chance: beating the odds against sugar, processed food, obesity, and disease, and The Fat Chance Cookbook.

We will also be joined by a host of additional experts including Gary Taubes, Chef Michael Smith and Carol Timmings. The debate and discussion will be lively!

Funded by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, the Nutrition Resource Centre (NRC) has operated under the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) since 1999 and is one of 14 health promotion resource centres operating in Ontario. The NRC strengthens the capacity of health promotion professionals and community partners involved in healthy eating and nutrition across the health continuum. Through networking and collaboration, the NRC is fostering knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) and is building a centre of excellence in evidence-based resources and tools to support program and policy development throughout Ontario.